Tetley Gant

Tetley Gant, CMG (9 July 1853 – 7 February 1928) was an Australian barrister, Tasmanian politician and chancellor.

He attended Rugby School and St John's College, in Oxford.

Gant was elected to the seat of Buckingham in the Tasmanian Legislative Council in May 1901, retaining it until August 1927.

Gant was appointed to the council for the University of Tasmania in 1905 and in 1909, he succeeded Sir Neil Elliott Lewis as Vice-Chancellor and in 1914, he was appointed Chancellor, succeeding Sir John Stokell Dodds.

[1] Tetley married Frances Amy Roope, daughter of Lavington Roope, on 19 July 1882 at St John's Church, New Town, Tasmania[2] Gant died on 7 February 1928 at Lower Sandy Bay, Tasmania.